1 Samuel 23:5 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

⁵ And David and his men went to Keilah, and fought with the Philistines, and brought away their cattle, and made a great slaughter among them. So David delivered the inhabitants of Keilah.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵ So David and his men went to Keilah, and fought with the Philistines, and brought away their cattle, and smote them with a great slaughter. So David saved the inhabitants of Keilah.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵ So David and his men went to Keilah and fought the Philistines with a great slaughter and brought away their cattle. So David delivered the people of Keilah.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁵ And David and his men went to Keilah, and fought with the Philistines, and brought away their cattle, and slew them with a great slaughter. So David saved the inhabitants of Keilah.

Common English Bible

⁵ Then David and his soldiers went to Keilah and fought the Philistines, driving off their cattle and defeating them decisively. And that’s how David saved the residents of Keilah.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵ Therefore, David and his men went into Keilah. And they fought against the Philistines, and they took away their cattle, and they struck them with a great slaughter. And David saved the inhabitants of Keilah.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁵ David therefore, and his men, went to Ceila, and fought against the Philistines; and brought away their cattle; and made a great slaughter of them. And David saved the inhabitants of Ceila.

1 Samuel 23:5 Cross References

2 Samuel 22:40

For thou didst gird me with strength for the battle; thou didst make my assailants sink under me.

Psalm 18:38

I thrust them through, so that they were not able to rise; they fell under my feet.

Psalm 38:20

Those who render me evil for good are my adversaries because I follow after good.

1 Samuel 19:8

And there was war again; and David went out and fought with the Philistines, and made a great slaughter among them, so that they fled before him.

1 Samuel 23:4

Then David inquired of the Lord again. And the Lord answered him, “Arise, go down to Keilah; for I will give the Philistines into your hand.”

1 Samuel 23:6

When Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to David to Keilah, he came down with an ephod in his hand.